This early twentieth century photograph shows the interior of the Home Industry Iron Works, which was located at the southeast corner of Water and State streets. The company manufactured and repaired all kinds of machinery and created decorative...

This Old Stove Round Up Parade -- put on by the Mobile Gas Company -- most likely took place in the 1920s. A clown driving a mule-drawn carriage carries a sign reading "You are invited to the Old Stove Round-Up. $13.15 allowed on your old stove. $1...

The crew of the railroad transfer tug Elizabeth Hyde. Perry McNeely, in the center of the group, was the photograph donor's father. Link, the man standing on the far right, was a fireman and long-time friend of Perry's.

Initiated in 1893, the banana trade quickly became an important aspect of Mobile's economic life. This turn-of-the-century photo shows workers sorting and counting bananas as they are transferred from ships to refrigerated railroad cars and...

Erik Overbey immigrated to Mobile, Alabama, from his native Norway in 1903. A short time later he set up shop as a photographer. Between 1905 and his retirement in the 1950s he snapped more than 100,000 images of his adopted city.

The exterior of Constantine's Restaurant, whose founder, Constantine Panayiotou, arrived in Mobile around 1932. He immediately opened a restaurant at 80 St. Francis Street. When this image was taken, the business was located at 9 Royal Street.

A dance sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars. An unidentified band sings into a WABB-AM radio microphone as representatives of the sponsors look on. Advertisements for White Tulip cigarettes and Pepsi-Cola dot...

The oaks of Bienville Square were still recovering from the hurricane of 1926 when this photo was taken. Towering to the west is the Cawthon Hotel, constructed in 1906 using a steel frame and reinforced concrete. Atop the hotel was a glass enclosed...

The interior of Woolworth's Five and Dime Store at 163 Dauphin Street, showing the "white" lunch counter. This image was taken right before school started back. You can see boxes of Crayola Crayons. The store sold zipper binders for $1.98. You...

The Booker T. Washington Theater, December 1959. The sign in the center foreground of the photograph says, "Free show to all kids. Christmas treat. Sponsored by WMOZ Radio and the King Theatres."On the far left is Finley's Pharmacy. The pharmacy...